Informed heroism and humanism, into poems As you move through permanent exhibits, you will experience an emotional journey through South Africa‘s history. Its paths follow the country through decades of oppression. Through photos and film footage, the Apartheid Museum https://www.apartheidmuseum.org it portrays the apartheid story. Soweto (20 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg), it was an area of planned segregation. In 1976, …
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Grow, joining an Afro-fusion musical group Where to find good music in Pretoria? You can try small live music venues, and Jarr Bar https://www.facebook.com/JARRbarPTA/ is also the perfect venue. Tucked away behind the Botanical Gardens, it is a small venue, the perfect place for a more intimate music-listening experience. Maybe, you too will listen something by Don Laka. He had …
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Painting way woven out of the mystique of Africa Best things to do in Pretoria? Enter Kruger House, the one-time home of President Paul Kruger, who rose to popularity by leading the Transvaal War against Britain. Hapo at Freedom Park, a museum tells you South African history. Why go to Afroboer? It is a classic place to go, where grab …
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Where you can find the ability to see working ideas that are going on The Museum of Contemporary Art University of São Paulo http://www.mac.usp.br/mac/ , is a contemporary art museum, one of the largest art museums in the country. With more than 8,000 works (comprising the most important artists, art movements and tendencies), museum houses one of the largest and …
Read More »INTRIGUED BY THE WAY OF LIFE OF A PEOPLE – Claudia Andujar: Reporting on the yanomami Indians, fighting beside them for rights
The woman who portrayed a people Survival https://survivalinternational.org/, they led the campaign for the demarcation of Yanomami territory. They have supported their health and education. They are fighting alongside indigenous peoples across Brazil. Please join them, as did Claudia Andujar, a photojournalist who dedicated her life to this just cause. The daughter of a man murdered in the Nazi camps, …
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When you choose signature gowns alongside crochet and leatherwork If you are looking for great fashion houses, the right place is Rua Oscar Freire (in the elegant Dos Jardins district). The Paulista Avenue is the fulcrum of city purchases. Shopping in San Paolo is in every neighborhood for all those who want to buy big names, or find interesting offers. …
Read More »WHEN POETRY BECOMES ATEMPORAL – Cecília Meireles: Freedom, word that there is no one who does not understand
Dream in a ship, a beach, eyes dry like stones Movie posters enrich its decoration and book covers. With its architecture inspired by colonial Brazil, the Mercearia São Pedro https://www.facebook.com/saopedromercearia/ is always full. At night, you can be sure of finding people who like to talk about literature and cinema here. Inside a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere, its nightly soundtrack …
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Writing music, hopelessly in love with a Dama do Cabaret Best samba bars in São Paulo? Cover charges depend on the artist performing and the day of the week. São Paulo’s samba roots go back. You need comfortable shoes when your feet start to move, looking for suggestions of samba bars not to be missed. Bar Mangueira https://www.facebook.com/barmangueirasp/ is one …
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Nothing is more difficult than interpret colors The Museum of Contemporary Art University of São Paulo http://www.mac.usp.br/mac/, is a contemporary art museum, one of the largest art museums in the country. With more than 8,000 works (comprising the most important artists, art movements and tendencies), museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of 20th-century Western art in …
Read More »CERRA Y VAMOS MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayans do not say, “Let’s go!” They say, “Close the door and let’s go!”
Health, money, love and time to enjoy them creatively The vast majority of its electricity is produced from renewable sources. Here you will find some of the most beautiful beaches on the American continent, along with consumers of yerba mate and asados. Like abortion and same-sex marriage, marijuana is legal in Uruguay https://matadornetwork.com/read/11-things-wish-knew-visiting-uruguay/. However, you will not be able to …
Read More »PHOTOGRAPHING THE LAST – Matilde Campodónico: The form is the content
Become a visual artist and photographer Some creative people create works that someone wants to buy. All of them work to share and affirm their being. If you also think that art is any work that allows you to express yourself by creating what was not there before, then you can continue reading. For a photographer, the main reason for …
Read More »HANDMADE FASHION PIECES, FROM URUGUAY – Margo Baridon: Getting nervous at every show, like it was the first time
Women’s clothing brand made in Uruguay You will find all the answers with CodyCross https://codycross.info/en/, but it will not help you dress. What kind of relationship do you have with your body and with your way of dressing? The dress communicates something about us to the world. Packaging clothes for a clientele is like spring dresses flower meadows. This is …
Read More »THE POET LAWYER THAT DOES NOT LOVE INJUSTICES – Selva Casal: No vivimos en vano (We do not live in vain)
An infernal world, without guards and much desolation, in verse Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/, is a tool of the type word clouds generators, or word cloud generators. Word cloudsit is graphic representations of a text that give information about the frequency of words within that text. You will not need this tool to learn about the textuality of Selva Casal, the poet …
Read More »THE ARTIST OF THE URUGUAYAN PEOPLE – Jorge Drexler: To grow musician, actor and doctor
First Uruguayan to win an Academy Award, for composing a song In the Renaissance, the word musical harmony began to be used as we know it. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the musical avant-gardes were ready to rethink rhythm and formal principles of composition. Music, art that manifests itself as a form of cultural expression, consists in conceiving …
Read More »OPEN ROUTES FOR WOMEN, IN THE ART – Petrona Viera: The planism that portrayed an era
Landscapes, bright colors and children playing Through drawing and color, with the technique of painting it is possible to represent a rural landscape or to paint a whole wall. That representing with artistic intention a real or imaginary object (oil, watercolor or tempera), was also found in France in the Chauvet Cave, where 32,000 years ago they were made (with …
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